NPC seeks Bauchi residents’ support towards 2023/2024 NDHS

National Population Commission (NPC) has called for the support of Nigerians to enable the commission to produce credible results in the ongoing Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS).

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The Federal Commissioner, NPC in Bauchi State, Alhaji Ibrahim Darazo, made the call at a news conference
in Bauchi on Wednesday as part of activities to galvanise support for the 2023/2024 NDHS.

The NDHS was implemented by NPC, in collaboration with the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) of the Federal Ministry of Health.

The primary objective of the survey is to provide up-to-date estimates of basic demographic and health indicators.

Specifically, the NDHS collected information on fertility, awareness and use of family planning methods, breastfeeding practices, nutritional status of women and children, maternal and child health, adult and childhood mortality.

Others are women empowerment, domestic violence, female genital cutting, prevalence of malaria, awareness and
behaviour regarding HIV/AIDS and other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), disability, and other health-related
issues such as smoking.

The information collected through the survey are to assist policymakers and programme managers in evaluating and
designing programmes and strategies that will improve the health of Nigerians.

Darazo, therefore, called for the cooperation of the Bauchi State Government and residents toward smooth conduct of the survey.

“It is important to bear in mind that the impact of the survey transcends statistics and extends the lives of every individual, every family, and every community in Nigeria. In the light of these, I wish to call on the good people of Bauchi State in the selected clusters to cooperate with our interviewers and respond honestly to the questions they will be asked as data gathered will be confidential,” he said.

NAN/Wumi